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Establishing the Independent Culture of a Strictly Symbiotic Bacterium Symbiobacterium thermophilum from Its Supporting Bacillus Strain

Michiyo OHNODepartment of Applied Biological Sciences, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University
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Itsuho OKANODepartment of Applied Biological Sciences, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University
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Tomo-o WATSUJIDepartment of Applied Biological Sciences, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University
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Teruhito KAKINUMADepartment of Applied Biological Sciences, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University
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Kenji UEDADepartment of Applied Biological Sciences, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University
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Teruhiko BEPPUDepartment of Applied Biological Sciences, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University
Pages 1083-1090 | Received 15 Feb 1999, Accepted 16 Feb 1999, Published online: 22 May 2014

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